Workforce Development
Meeting in the Middle
How does industry connect with millennials and introduce them to the high-tech world of modern manufacturing? By seeing beyond differences to what we have in common.
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Get out the Vote for Manufacturing Education
A group of local manufacturers is pairing with teams from various high schools on a video competition that aims to educate students, teachers and parents about industry career opportunities. Today is the last day to vote!
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What Makes Millennials Tick? Try Seeing Them Differently
A millennial’s take on why maybe it’s time to step back and examine how we talk about the next generation of manufacturers.
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Smaller Collaborative Robot Helps with Routine Jobs
FANUC introduces its CR-7iA collaborative robot providing a payload of 7 kg.
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TMA’s Training 2.0
A different and newly equipped training program addresses the needs of Illinois-area manufacturers as those needs have changed in recent years. The success of the new program suggests questions for leaders in other regions of the country.
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Shop's Own Training Program Paves a Pathway to Employee Success
This shop developed a Web- and video-based training program tailored to its own specific practices that enables new hires to progress in stages from trainee to senior process engineer after demonstrating a clear understanding of each new skill they’ve acquired.
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Additive Manufacturing Training Center Opens in Louisville
The UL Additive Manufacturing Competency Center provides training for beginners through advanced AM users.
Read MoreSMTCL COO Receives School Honor for Contribution to Manufacturing Education
Jerry McCarty has been volunteering for years in the school district.
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Infographic: Careers in Welding
An illustration summarizes the work, compensation and opportunities in this field. Those opportunities sometimes involve travel and increasingly involve automation.
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Webinar: How to Meet the Skilled Labor Demands of Additive Manufacturing
The additive manufacturing workforce is an overlooked component of succeeding with AM. Register for the February 18 webinar by Chris Krampitz of UL.
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